With the verdict given yesterday in the Oscar Grant case in which the officer, Johannes Mershelee who shot Grant in the back while handcuffed, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, I felt compelled to write this. When you hear rappers or bands (NWA, Dead Prez, Rage Against the Machine, Bone, Thugs-n-Harmony, J Dilla, Ice-T, etc.) say […]

For Oscar Grant and every injustice done to black people… What is the value of a black life Is it only worth trouble and strife Tell me America, when did you care For a black mother who had to shed a tear Did you care when we were in slavery Or had black VIPs, no […]